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East Rutherford NJ, Colonel Patrick J. Callahan and Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced today that the New Jersey State Police have arrested Tariq Gathers, 24, Victor Geslicki, 19, Nyshun Morris, 19, and a 16-year-old male, all of Jersey City, N.J. for the fatal shooting of two men yesterday in the parking lot of the Meadowlands Racetrack.
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East Rutherford NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of FRANK SMITH III (DOB: 9/20/1982; married; unemployed) of 44 Crocker Mansion Drive, Mahwah, NJ; RAYMOND ULLOA (DOB: 08/06/1990; single; unemployed) of 61-63 Carmer Ave., Apt. B, Belleville, NJ; SANDY LEONARDOMATEO (DOB: 02/13/1996; single; unemployed) of 428 Franklin St., Elizabeth, NJ; and DONALD WALLACE (DOB:05/24/1995; single; Amazon driver) of 668 Clifton Ave., Newark, NJ 07104 on charges of Maintaining A Controlled Dangerous Substance Production Facility; YARITZA OCHART (DOB: 10/18/80; single; bartender) of 566 West 191st St., New York, NY and MICHELE CASTILLO (DOB: 01/18/1977; single; sales) of 65 Mariners Circle, San Rafael, CA 94903 on charges of Money Laundering; and JOIE SMITH (DOB: 07/03/1986; married; hospitality) of 44 Crocker Drive, Mahwah, NJ 07430 on charges of Possession With Intent To Distribute A Controlled Dangerous Substance and Money Laundering. The arrests are the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti and the East Rutherford Police Department under the direction of Chief Dennis Rivelli.
Continue reading SEVEN ARRESTS MADE AFTER DRUG FACTORY RAID IN EAST RUTHERFORD
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East Rutherford NJ, John Grembowiec, Advisory Board Chairman of the New Jersey EMS Task Force, and Dr. Terry Clancy, acting director of the New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, and Mike Bascom, Team Leader of the NJ EMS Task Force, Monday welcomed a new deployment of out-of-state EMS teams to New Jersey. Units as far away as Los Angeles and Palm Springs California were on location.
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East Rutherford NJ, the Ridgewood blog has over the been confounded over why no one has gone to jail over the gross missus of tax payer dollars. On May 9 of 2019 the New Jersey Sierra Club sent a letter to Ronald K. Chen, chairman of the Economic Development Authority Task Force, asking for an investigation of the American Dream/Xanadu project. Gov. Murphy created the task force to investigate mismanagement of $11 billion in tax incentives provided to businesses by the EDA. The American Dream/Xanadu project received $350 million in direct state subsides from EDA. Two public hearings have been held by the task force, with much of the focus on businesses in Camden that received a total of $1.6 billion.
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Saddle River NJ, The Garden State Preservation Trust has approved and recommended to the New Jersey State Legislature nearly $87 million in funding for projects to develop or update parks, playgrounds and fields, including $1 million for Vista Park in the City of Paterson, to help enhance quality of life statewide, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced today. The Vista Park site in Paterson – one of many in the state that benefit from the grants — would add 40,000 square feet of green space, among other amenities.
Continue reading GARDEN STATE PRESERVATION TRUST ANNOUNCES $87 MILLION FOR GREEN ACRES PROJECTS INCLUDING SADDLE RIVER AND EAST RUTHERFORD
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EAST RUTHERFORD NJ, Today, Republican candidate for East Rutherford Mayor Sergio Segalini filed a challenge to the 2019 General Election result which he currently trails Democrat Jeff Lahullier by a mere five votes. The challenge is being backed by the Bergen County Republican Organization and was filed by Matthew Gilson, the BCRO election law attorney, from the Law Offices of Richard Malagiere, P.C.
Continue reading The Bergen County Republican Organization Files Election Challenge in East Rutherford
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East Rutherford NJ, In less than 48 hours before the much-anticipated, derided and ridiculed Xanadu sorry American Dream Mall is supposed to open but, the state has yet to issue a certificate of occupancy that would allow the long-delayed amusement and retail complex to open on Friday.
Officials expect to open two of the American Dream’s entertainment options: Nickelodeon Universe and Theme Park and The Rink at American Dream.
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East Rutherford NJ, NJ TRANSIT can help you reach American Dream, New Jersey’s new entertainment, retail, and dining destination in the Meadowlands, with express bus service every 30 minutes, convenient connections from every train line that serves Secaucus Junction, and easy access from multiple local bus routes.
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By The Associated Press
on February 11, 2017 at 11:25 AM, updated February 11, 2017 at 11:26 AM
WELLS, Maine — Scientists working on an assessment of salt marshes along the U.S. coast say half of those they studied will be gone in 350 years if lost ground isn’t regained.
Salt marshes provide vital habitat for animals and are important for their role in coastal protection. But the ecosystems along the coasts are falling victim to pressures such as sea-level rise and changing land uses, and are flooded frequently by seawater.
The U.S. Geological Survey set about to determine the danger erosion poses to eight salt marshes on the two coasts. The agency says it was surprised to find all eight of the marshes losing ground, some severely.
https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/02/half_of_us_salt_marshes_to_disappear_without_chang.html
MAY 19, 2015, 10:14 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015, 10:42 AM
BY LINDA MOSS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Around 150 members of Bergen County building trades unions attended an East Rutherford Council meeting on Tuesday urging the borough to pass a resolution and introduce an ordinance for the bonds necessary to pave the way for completion of the American Dream project. The Council passed the resolution.
EAST RUTHERFORD — About 150 members of area trade unions came to Borough Hall on Tuesday evening to urge the Borough Council to take the next steps necessary so the American Dream project can get fully under way, and the governing body did just that.
Taking action before a standing-room-only audience that overflowed into the halls, the council — despite several dissenting members — passed a resolution revising terms of its bond agreement with developer Triple Five for the shopping and entertainment complex. In addition, the council introduced an ordinance relating to the Payment-In-Lieu-of-Taxes, or PILOT program, associated with the development.
With those actions, part of a plan to have the borough act as a no-risk conduit for construction loans, the state Local Finance Board will now be able to review the amended finance agreement for approval. The goal is to get the ordinance on the agenda for the board’s June meeting.
The actions came as Rick Sabato, president of the Bergen County Building and Construction Trades Councils, implored the local governing body to support the project so that many of the area’s unemployed union members can get back to work. A year ago, Sabato estimated that American Dream will create jobs for 9,000 of his members over the next three years and beyond.
